Ottawa Citizen – Timothy J. Stanley

Racism abounds in election campaign

Stanley is an anti-racism educator and professor at the University of Ottawa and a well-respected historian around racisms in Canada. The racism he speaks about is not simply person to person bias but racism that is based on systemic exclusion around who is a Canadian and who counts. He specifically tackles the absence of Aboriginal issues in the current election debates. “Separating people from the consequences of their actions is exactly what today’s racism is doing.” http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/stanley-racism-abounds-in-election-campaign

CBC News

Canadian military explored plan to fully integrate forces with U.S. – Top generals met to discuss possibility of fully integrating Canadian and U.S. militaries

Pray that the thought is not father of the deed but Canadian generals have been meeting and discussing the merger of the Canadian Armed Forces with the US military at the highest levels of command. Equally alarming, though the proposal spoke of a single “fully integrated” military force, spokespersons for the Ministry of National Defence concede that there was no exchange between the ministry and the Canadian military on the subject. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-military-integration-canada-us-1.3248594

Guardian (UK)

Hundreds of Jamaican prisoners held in UK jails to be repatriated

Britain had £25 million in foreign aid so here’s a unique way to do it. Built a brand new 1500 bed prison in Jamaica and ship home the 600 in British jails for drug and violence offences. You don’t need the permission of the inmates and you don’t have a deportation problem at the end of their sentence. The agreement with the Jamaican government includes all those sentenced to four years or more and with at least 18 months left to serve when the agreement starts in 2020. The prisoner transfer agreement adds to deals that have been struck with Albania, Nigeria, Somaliland, Rwanda and Libya. http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/30/uk-to-repatriate-hundreds-of-jamaican-prisoners